Jim Cason

James Allnut Cason Jr.

Position: DB-HB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 171 lbs.

Born: July 25, 1927 in Sondheimer, LA
College: LSU (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 7th round (55th overall) of the 1948 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 41 (2218th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 19, 2013 8:25AM

All-Time Rank: #1461. Carlos Emmons… #1462. Steve DeLong… #1463. Don Webb… #1464. JIM CASON… #1465. Nemiah Wilson… #1466. John Baker… #1467. Jim Martin…

All-Time Rank: #1461. Carlos Emmons… #1462. Steve DeLong… #1463. Don Webb… #1464. JIM CASON… #1465. Nemiah Wilson… #1466. John Baker… #1467. Jim Martin…

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD
1949	22	SFO	lh/PR		12	6		1	2	50.0	38	1	50.0	0	0.0	38	19.0	29.0	38.0	3.2	135.4
1954*	27	SFO	RS	43	9		1-0-0	7	13	53.8	40	0	0.0	1	7.7	25	3.1	-0.4	5.7	4.4	27.7	0	0
Career					89	11	1-0-0	8	15	53.3	78	1	6.7	1	6.7	38	5.2	3.5	9.8	0.9	62.6	0	0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Mickey Washington, Al Romine, Brad Myers, Lance Brown, Michael Brim, Johnny Bookman, Brian Walker, Ken Stone, Gary Jones, Maurice Harvey
4	Charlie West, Curt Gentry, Wayne Haddix, Bob Stringer, Greg Bright, Tom McCauley, Will Sherman, Ralph Anderson, Ernie Jones, Dashon Goldson
5	Rodger Bird, Todd Bell, Charlie West, Ralph Anderson, Maurice Harvey, McNeil Moore, Dave Baker, John Lynch, Rod Perry, Brandon Meriweather
6	Rodger Bird, Ralph Anderson, McNeil Moore, Charlie West, Todd Bell, Dave Baker, Brandon Meriweather, Leon Hall, Quintin Mikell, Hagood Clarke
7	Dave Baker, Antonio Cromartie, Tony Banfield, Johnny Williams, John Mallory, Tanard Jackson, Jim Hudson, Sean Taylor, Ray Easterling, Stan Wallace
8	Dean Derby, Milt Davis, Sean Taylor, Tony Banfield, Charlie West, Jeff Wright, Nick Collins, Ron Smith, Darrol Ray, Todd Bell
Career	Nick Collins, Mark H. Murphy, Kerry Rhodes, Dean Derby, Ken Gorgal, Darrol Ray, Tom Vaughn, Chuck Lamson, Eddie McMillan, Carlton Williamson

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1951 1954	Long Pass 1949 AAFC 38 (4)	Long Rush 1948 AAFC 59 (4)	Non-Offensive TDs 1951 NFL 1 (9) 1955 NFL 1 (6)
Yds/Touch 1950 NFL 8.9 (10)	Kick Returns 1949 AAFC 11 (8)	Kick Return Yds 1949 AAFC 247 (9)	Punt Returns 1948 AAFC 22 (3) 1949 AAFC 21 (2)
Punt Return Yds 1948 AAFC 309 (3) 1949 AAFC 351 (1) Career 948 (153)	Yds/Punt Return 1948 AAFC 14.0 (4/96) 1949 AAFC 16.7 (2/22) 1951 NFL 8.8 (10) Career 14.1 (1)	Kick & Punt Returns 1948 AAFC 32 (5) 1949 AAFC 32 (2)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1948 AAFC 521 (5) 1949 AAFC 598 (2)
Interceptions 1948 AAFC 5 (6) 1949 AAFC 9 (1/76) 1951 NFL 8 (5) Career 34 (139)	Intercept. Ret. Yds 1949 AAFC 152 (1) 1951 NFL 147 (2) Career 475 (174)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1951 NFL 1 (4) 1955 NFL 1 (2)	Long Intercep. Return 1951 NFL 65 (3)
Sacks 1948 AAFC 0.0 (1) 1949 AAFC 0.0 (1) 1950 NFL 0.0 (1) 1951 NFL 0.0 (1) 1952 NFL 0.0 (1) 1954 NFL 0.0 (1) 1955 NFL 0.0 (1) 1956 NFL 0.0 (1)

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1949	1st Team	All-NFL/AAFC	Int. News Service